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This past Friday Audacy CMO Paul Suchman joined Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan in The Radio Ink Friday Clubhouse interview. Listen here on APPLE or SPOTIFY. This Friday at 10AM in the Radio Ink Clubhouse...Beasley Media CEO Caroline Beasley

Meet Erica Mandy. Today Erica is running a multiple six-figure podcast business and taking home more money than she made working for the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles. And she is also now one of the most successful podcasters in the space.

(By Richard Burns) That was a question that Fred Jacobs posed in a post on social media and in a Jacobs Media blog. To say it generated some spirited debate would be an understatement.

Whether you call them Program Directors or Brand Managers, they are the reason your radio station sounds spectacular. They work with your on-air team to produce great ratings that help your sellers bring in the highest rates possible. Radio Ink is now taking nominations for the Best Program Directors in America list. Submit HERE.

77WABC Radio, along with 107.1 FM WLIR, have added Charlie Kirk to the lineup. The Salem Radio Network host will take over the Rush time slot, Noon to 3 PM ET, beginning Monday, April 12th.

Steve Ardolina is the new Operations Director for Salem Media Philadelphia. The group includes WFIL AM 560, AM 990 The Answer and Salem Surround-Philadelphia.

This morning at 9AM, on the new social media app Clubhouse, Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan interviews Audacy CMO Paul Suchman to discuss the company's name change. Listen to our first two interviews on Clubhouse on iHeartRadio, Spotify or Apple.

(By Buzz Knight) An email was received with no response, a phone call was not returned, a collaboration ends with no explanation. Productivity in business can be measured in various shapes and sizes but nothing can bring the spirit of a venture to a halt like these nagging aspects of simple communication.

David Weiss shared his 1980 Blast From The Past from WARA-AM (1320) in Attleboro, MA. He tells Radio Ink, "I was one of the news anchors there, and here I am 'ripping and reading' rolls of AP copy." Send your Blast From The Past photo to [email protected].

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has awarded more than $300,000 to Native Public Media and to KTSU-FM, a public radio station licensed to a Historically Black College and University, to coordinate COVID-19 public outreach campaigns to 51 public stations serving Native and Black communities.